Shadowrun Reflux: Forever has all the hallmarks of a classic PC game: yellowface, puns about cutting people in half, yellowface, perhaps an oblique reference to a famous female icon in the TV series Twin Peaks (via yellowface). It's pretty spectacular. It's also probably offensive, and what's more although the gameplay is fun and it has that old-school 2D sprite visual charm--there's something lacking. The levels are confusing, and the platforming kind of blows. It's worth playing as an absurd time capsule of an era of PC gaming, otherwise save your money. That is to say, the game is free on steam (albeit a shitty port that is prone to crashes); but time is money, so don't waste it spending Shadowknight or whatever the fuck this game is called.

Reviewed on Feb 17, 2021


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